Coffee & Content - Ridley Scott on Directing & 10 Important Lessons on the Craft of Screenwriting

Hello, my fellow creatives.  Happy Sunday. Hope you are all enjoying and participating in what has been a very lively Introduce Yourself Weekend! Today for Coffee & Content, I'm bringing you some voices with years of experience talking directing and screenwriting. First up, legendary director, Ridley Scott waxes poetic on the craft of directing.  As usual, no pulled punches from Sir Ridley.  Nothing more for you to do with this one than pour yourself a full cuppa and kick back. Next, from our friends at Film Courage, a compilation piece featuring some screenwriters with some road beneath and behind 'em.  This one is called 10 Important Lessons on the Craft of Screenwriting.  Grab something to write on for this one - many takeaways to be had. As always, I ask you first and foremost to share.  Pay it forward.  It feels good.  And you can do so by hitting those cool share buttons in the upper right side of this page or by simply emailing the link to those you feel might benefit from the content. And, as you know, you're on a social media and networking platform!  And the easiest way to stand out is by being visible and expressing an opinion!  You can do both by leaving your thoughts in the comments section below. Enjoy the content and the coffee! Cheers! RB     Ridley Scott on Directing 10 Important Lessons on the Craft of Screenwriting   Like this blog post? Please share it on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email etc) by using social media buttons at the top of the blog. Or post to your personal blog and anywhere else you feel appropriate. Thank you. As always, we welcome thoughts and remarks on ANY of the content above in the Comments section below...  Read More

3 Ways You Can Create Meaningful Social Media Relationships Today

If there was one subject that dominated the questions asked during my recent Stage 32 AMA, it was about best practices on social media.  Many of you wanted to know how to go about creating meaningful relationships that would help accelerate your path to success.  You know my feelings on this subject as it relates to launching and maintaining a career in film and content creation: Relationships = Reads Relationships = Jobs Relationships = Financing Relationships = Champions of you and your work Relationships = Greater opportunities Since we only had about 90 minutes, I was unable to get to all of your questions.  Therefore, I decided to tackle the most asked as part of my new article for Medium - 3 Ways You Can Create Meaningful Social Media Relationships Today. I hope you find the material helpful and that it inspires you to change/enhance your social media habits and increase the time spent on building relationships that matter.  And remember, you can see all my previous Medium articles and follow me on the platform here Enjoy! RB   Click below to read 3 Ways You Can Create Meaningful Social Media Relationships Today   Like this blog post? Please share it on social media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email etc) by using social media buttons at the top of the blog. Or post to your personal blog and anywhere else you feel appropriate. Thank you. As always, we welcome thoughts and remarks on ANY of the content above in the Comments section below...  Read More